Afilias Limited is the registry operator of the .info and .mobi Top level domain , and the service provider of the .org top level domain .org generic top level domain Generic top level domain gTLD , .asia TLD catering to the Asia, Australia, and Pacific regions, .aero Airline and Aviation Industry TLD, and a provider of domain name registry services for several countries around the world, including .MN Mongolia , .AG Antigua and Barbuda , .BZ Belize , .GI Gibraltar , .HN Honduras , .IN India , .ME Montenegro , .SC the Seychelles , and .VC St. Vincent and the Grenadines . Afilias also provides ancillary support to other domains, including .SG Singapore . History Afilias was formed in September 2000 by a group of industry leading domain name registrars in recognition of the need for increased competition in the domain name industry at the registry level. Afilias was selected by ICANN in November 2000 to launch .info, the first new generic Top Level Domain supported by EPP and based on a thick registry model. .info remains the most successful new generic Top Level Domain launched since .com ... title North America Leads .INFO Distribution publisher Afilias ref As of January 2008, Afilias ... Study publisher Open Source Business Resource ref In February 2010 Afilias acquired mTLD Top Level Domain ... as dotMobi . While dotMobi continue to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary, Afilias is now the registered Registry Operator for the .mobi domain. Afilias is headquartered in Dublin , Republic ... . Management Afilias CEO Hal Lubsen Executive Vice President & CTO Ram Mohan SVP & CMO Roland A. LaPlante ... in Internet governance issues. Domains Afilias is a DNS registry, and provides DNS service to several ... links http www.afilias.info Afilias web site http www.afilias.info about afilias backgrounder About Afilias http www.afilias grs.info Afilias ccTLD Registry System WebManTools Category Computer companies of the United States Category Domain registries de Afilias fr Afilias ... more details
Public Interest Registry is a United States not for profit corporation created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .org top level domain . It is incorporated in Pennsylvania . ref http www.isoc.org dotorg 10 8.shtml ref It took over the operation of the domain from VeriSign on 1 January 2003. Afilias manages the technical operations of the .org registry under a contract with the Public Interest Registry. ref http www.pir.org about ref References reflist External links official http www.pir.org Category Domain name system Category Non profit organizations based in Pennsylvania Compu domain stub de Public Interest Registry fr Public Interest Registry ta ... more details
Infobox Top level domain name .vc background CCF image introduced 1991 type Country code top level domain status Active registry Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry operated by Afilias sponsor Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry intendeduse Entities connected with flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines actualuse Used in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, but also used in a wide variety of unrelated sites restrictions None IDN no, domain names may include only letters, numbers, or hyphen structure Registrations are made directly at the second level or at the third level beneath various second level names document disputepolicy website .vc is the Internet country code top level domain ccTLD for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . Registration is open worldwide, and it has been used for a variety of sites not necessarily related to that location it can also be seen as standing for Venture Capital , Ventura County , Viet Cong , Version Control , or other things, like an informal, but common, abbreviation of voc you , in Portuguese . In this way, .com.vc is understood in Portuguese like .with.you . Note to ISOC Chart 1. On October 31, 2000, the .VC registry operations contract was awarded to Tucows by the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Tucows serviced .VC through their Liberty RMS wholly owned subsidiary. On March 25, 2002, Afilias acquired Liberty RMS from Tucows, and the binding registry operations contract for the .VC ccTLD was assigned to Afilias by Tucows. Afilias is the current .VC ccTLD registry operator. We are awaiting acknowledgment of the assignment from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. .VC names began to be registered by the public on July 9, 2002 and began resolving in August, 2002 External links http www.afilias grs.info vc Authorized Registrars br http www.afilias grs.info vc st vincent and grenadines Rules ccTLD DEFAULTSORT VC SaintVincent stub Category Country code top level domains Ca ... more details
unreferenced date November 2011 A sunrise period is a period of time after the launch of a new top level domain or second level domain during which owners of trademarks may register a domain name containing the owned mark. Numerous domains have launched or plan to launch with a sunrise period, including .info info , .mobi mobi , .pk pk , and .eu eu . The World Intellectual Property Organization provided assistance to info administrator Afilias during its sunrise period. Category Domain name system Compu domain stub de Sunrise Period no Sunrise periode vi Giai o n M t tr i m c ... more details
orphan date March 2012 Dynamic list date March 2012 Alphabetical list of on line advertising technology companies. Adobe Systems Advertising.com ADTECH Afilias Alawar Entertainment Badgeville Casale Media Clickbooth comScore Daylife Digital Element Direct Agents dotMobi eBuddy eDirectory Fluent, Inc. Full Sail University iContact Marin Software mBlox Merkle Inc. Metaverse Mod Squad Mobile Marketing Association Neustar Newsmax Media OpenMarket Optimal Payments OrangeSoda Rapleaf Sedo.com Sitecore Softlayer Softonic Sony DADC Superpages.com TubeMogul Velti Venable LLP Web Marketing Association Yippy Zeta Interactive Category Lists of companies by industry Advertising technology ... more details
on schedules and route changes on the area s transportation services. ICANN and Afilias have also sealed ... faq what country names are reserved info FAQ What country names are reserved in .INFO? , Afilias ... 37 languages, and is a neutral name. Afilias , the registry operator of both the tt info tt and tt ... registrar incentives and outreach events. History The tt info tt domain has been operated by Afilias ... more details
File DesireeMiloshevicJI1.jpg right thumb D sir e Zeljka Miloshevic D sir e Zeljka Miloshevic is an Internet public servant, and was a special advisor to the chair of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum Multi stakeholder Advisory Group. Additionally she is Senior Public Policy and International Affairs Advisor in Europe for Afilias , the domain name registry . Early life Miloshevic studied English Literature at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology before starting her internet career at the newly formed British internet service provider service provider Demon Internet in 1993. Other activities Empty section date July 2010 Affiliations and Positions Special Adviser to the Chair of Internet Governance Forum Advisory Group 2006 2009 Member of the Internet Society Board of Trustees 2004 2010 Member of the CPSR Board 2004 2007 Member of the ICANN ccNSO Member of the IADAS Webby Awards Member of the Irish ENUM Policy Advisory Board Member of the Open Rights Group Advisory Council Member of the CC UK Advisory Board External links http www.isoc.org ISOC http www.cpsr.org CPSR http www.oii.ox.ac.uk people ?id 143 Oxford Internet Institute Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Miloshevic, Desiree ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Internet bio stub DEFAULTSORT Miloshevic, Desiree Category Internet Society Category Living people Miloshevic Desiree Category University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni ... more details
, and to date, no such plans have been approved an application by Afilias to operate a .web domain ... s application in the next round rather than be awarded to Afilias, preferring that they receive ... more details
CA ca index.htm Deloitte Canada Domain Name Infrastructure http www.afilias.info Afilias Limited supports Big Room Inc. s .ECO bid as technical partner. Afilias currently manages over 16 million domains ... more details
For the .la file extension Libtool Infobox top level domain name .la background CCF image Image Dotla.png .la introduced 1996 type Country code top level domain status Active registry LA Names Corporation sponsor Lao National Internet Committee intendeduse Entities connected with LAO actualuse Marketed as domain for Los Angeles restrictions None some names are reserved as premium names at extra cost structure Registrations are taken directly at the second level document http www.icann.org cctlds la ICANN .la MoU disputepolicy UDRP website http www.la www.la dnssec yes .la is the Internet country code top level domain ccTLD for Laos . History The LA Names Corporation, based in Guernsey , has gained the rights to market .la registrations, and they had used the registry services of Afilias and, formerly, the registrar services of DreamHost . However, DreamHost has discontinued registrar services as of May, 2006. LA Names and CentralNic, Ltd. completed the transfer of the .LA domain name to the CentralNic system in 2007. The .la domain is used for sites associated with the city of Los Angeles , ref http www.la The Official .LA Registry ref as well as for websites related to all Latin America and used more for sites related to that city and region, than for sites related to Laos. References Reflist External links http www.iana.org root whois la.htm IANA .la whois information CcTLD DEFAULTSORT La Category Country code top level domains Category Communications in Laos Compu domain stub af .la ar .la ast .la az .la be .la be x old .la bg .la bs .la cv .la cs .la cy .la da .la de .la et .la el .la es .la eo .la eu .la fa .la fr .la xal .la ko .la hy .la hr .la bpy . id .la is .la it .la krc .la ka .la lv .la lb .la hu .la arz .la ms .la nl .la ja .la ce .la no .la oc .la uz .la nds .la pl .la pt .la ro .la ru .la sah .la sq .la sk .la sr .la sh .la fi .la sv Toppdom n L tl .la tt .la th .la tg .la tr .la tk .la uk .la ur La. vi .la fiu vro .la war .la yo .la diq .la zh .l ... more details
Infobox Top level domain name .sc background CCF image Image Dotsc.jpg .sc 240px introduced 1997 type Country code top level domain status Active registry Victoria Computer Services Proprietary Limited VCS Pty Limited sponsor Victoria Computer Services Proprietary Limited VCS Pty Limited intendeduse Entities connected with SYC actualuse Used for a random assortment of sites, some related to Seychelles was once marketed as domain for Scotland restrictions Priority given to Seychelles based entities varying restrictions for different third level registrations structure Registrations are directly at second level or at third level beneath various second level names document disputepolicy UDRP website http www.nic.sc nic.sc dnssec yes .sc is the Internet country code top level domain ccTLD for Seychelles . The TLD was marketed to businesses in Scotland and South Carolina , however, the domains are subject to Seychelles registry rules. While SCregistrars, a company who marketed .sc domains to a target audience of Scottish sites, has since closed down ref http www.out law.com page 2460 Nominet warns Scottish businesses of .sc domain names , Out Law News , March 20, 2002 ref the .sc extension remains available through the Afilias Global platform via various well known registrars internationally for direct registration at second level. Third level domains com.sc commercial, for profit organizations net.sc network infrastructure machines and organizations edu.sc educational institutions gov.sc governmental institutions org.sc miscellaneous, usually non profit, organizations Notes and references Reflist External links http www.iana.org root whois sc.htm IANA .sc whois information http www.nic.sc .sc domain registration website CcTLD DEFAULTSORT Sc Seychelles stub Compu domain stub Category Country code top level domains Category Communications in Seychelles af .sc ar .sc ast .sc az .sc be .sc be x old .sc bs .sc bg .sc cv .sc cs .sc cy .sc da .sc de .sc et .sc el .sc es .sc eo ... more details
Peacock date February 2011 Mickey Beyer Clausen April 3, 1975 in Copenhagen is a Denmark Danish entrepreneur and philanthropist . Mickey Beyer Clausen was one of the first Internet pioneers and today he is pioneering mobile health. He is the founder co founder of several technology businesses such as Internet Payment Systems 1997 , Speednames 1999 , Afilias 2000 , Ascio Technologies 2001 , Trunk Archive 2004 , and Mental Workout 2009 ref http jp.dk jptv nyheder erhverv erhverv article2655020.ece TV interview by Jyllands Posten in Danish ref . In addition, he is the founder of the 501 c 3 private foundation, Happiness Foundation, which supports multiple charitable organizations worldwide with strategic pro bono consultancy 2002 . Personal Mickey Beyer Clausen is married to Allison Beyer Clausen 2006 and lives in Southampton, New York with their two children, Anna and Oliver. Philanthropy Inspired by his consecutive development of companies, Beyer Clausen decided to make a change in the world in his own unique way. He focuses his philanthropic efforts by supporting existing nonprofits with strategic consultancy. In 2002, he formed a 501 c 3 private foundation called the Happiness Foundation , which supports several international nonprofits with strategic pro bono consultancy. He is recruiting business leaders, management consultants, and experts to volunteer their knowledge to existing nonprofits, accelerating their impact. His foundation was recognized at the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2002 because of its innovative approach providing an alternative to traditional philanthropy ref http www.insead.edu v1 inspire issue 010 article4.html Article in INSEAD s Inspire magazine . ref . Amongst other projects, Happiness Foundation launched a partnership with UNHCR to build Happiness Tents in refugee camps ref http www.youtube.com watch?v yMf65bwuTPo TV interview by TV2 in Danish . ref Notable awards Speednames received the Reboot Jury s Grand Prix in 2000 Speed ... more details
Infobox Top level domain name .asia background FCC image Image Dotasia.png .asia introduced 2006 type Sponsored top level domain status Active registry Afilias sponsor DotAsia Organisation intendeduse As a regional domain for Asia and the Pacific restrictions Requires one contact in the Asia Australia Pacific region structure Registrations are taken directly at second level document http www.icann.org tlds stld apps 19mar04 asia.htm Proposal to ICANN disputepolicy UDRP Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution Policy also local dispute policies for Asian countries based on their local ccTLD policy website http www.dotAsia.org DotAsia.org dnssec yes .asia is a sponsored top level domain sponsored by the DotAsia Organization , with the back end registry operated by Afilias . It was approved by ICANN on 19 October 2006 as a Sponsored top level domain sponsored TLD . It serves as a regional domain for companies, organizations, and individuals based in the region of Asia , Australia , and the Pacific . Roll out response The .asia domain opened to registrations on a first come, first served basis on 26 March 2008. The sunrise period for .asia began on 9 October 2007, and ended on 31 January 2008. From 20 February 2008 to 12 March 2008, .asia was in the land rush state. Anyone meeting the .asia registration requirements could apply for any available .asia domain name. Each domain name for which there was more than one request as of 2008 03 alt will be auctioned among the applicants after the initial registration period closes. The auction process is considered innovative for a TLD launch ref http www.circleid.com posts dotasia organisation domain auction DotAsia Auctions Aim to Address Problems of the Past Bot generated title ref however, it may be biased against individuals and non profit driven entities, as they typically lack the scale of funds available to commercial enterprises. During the land rush state 473,633 domain registration applications were received, bringing t ... more details
About a top level internet domain the e book file format Mobipocket Infobox Top level domain name mobi background FCC image Image Dotmobi new.png .mobi introduced 2005 type Sponsored top level domain status Approved registry Afilias sponsor Nokia Vodafone Microsoft Afilias intendeduse Sites intended for mobile device use actualuse Began to be available for use in 2006 restrictions Adherence to mobile compatibility style guidelines can be enforced by challenge process structure Direct second level registrations are allowed selected generic second level domains, such as weather and music, are reserved for distribution in an equitable manner which may include auction document http www.icann.org tlds stld apps 19mar04 mobi.htm ICANN New sTLD RFP Application http www.icann.org tlds agreements mobi ICANN sponsorship agreement disputepolicy UDRP website http mtld.mobi MTLD The domain name mobi is a top level domain TLD in the Domain Name System of the Internet . Its name is derived from the adjective mobile , indicating it s used by mobile devices for accessing Internet resources via the Mobile Web . The domain was approved by ICANN on 11 July 2005, and is managed by the mTLD global registry. It was originally financially backed and sponsored by Google , Microsoft , Nokia , Samsung , Ericsson , Vodafone , T Mobile , Telef nica M viles , Telecom Italia Mobile , Orascom Telecom , GSM Association , Hutchison Whampoa , Syniverse Technologies , and Visa Inc. Visa , with an executive from each company serving on mTLD s board of directors. ref http mtld.mobi mobilenet aboutus.html About us dotMobi ref ref http mtld.mobi mobilenet release 032807.html ref ref http mtld.mobi company about directors Board of Directors dotMobi ref In February 2010, Afilias acquired mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd. known publicly as dotMobi . ref cite web title Afilias Limited acquires .mobi domain registry and expands market leadership url http mtld.mobi node 1744 publisher dotMobi date 11 Feb 2010 ref Oper ... more details
see also Domain name registrar refimprove date December 2010 A domain name registry is a database of all domain names registered in a top level domain. A registry operator, also called a network information center NIC , is the part of the Domain Name System DNS of the Internet that keeps the database of domain names, and generates the zone files which convert domain names to IP address es. Each NIC is an organisation that manages the registration of Domain names within the top level domain s for which it is responsible, controls the policies of domain name allocation, and technically operates its top level domain. It is potentially distinct from a domain name registrar . ref cite web title ICann.org Glossary url http www.icann.org en general glossary.htm accessdate 2009 04 21 ref Domain names are managed under a hierarchy headed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANA , which manages the top of the DNS tree by administrating the data in the root nameserver s. IANA also operates the .int registry for intergovernmental organisations, the .arpa zone for protocol administration purposes, and other critical zones such as root servers.net . IANA delegates all other domain name authority to other domain name registries such as Afilias and VeriSign . Country code top level domains ccTLD are delegated by IANA to national registries such as DENIC in Germany and Nominet in the United Kingdom . Operation Some name registries are government departments e.g., the registry for Sri Lanka nic.lk . Some are co operatives of Internet service providers such as DENIC or not for profit companies such as Nominet UK . Others operate as commercial organizations, such as the US registry nic.us . The allocated and assigned domain names are made available by registries by use of the WHOIS system and via their Domain name server s. Some registries sell the names directly like SWITCH Information Technology Services SWITCH in Switzerland and others rely on separate entities to sell them. ... more details
Infobox Top level domain name .org background FC0 image Image DOT ORG ORG Marketing Resources logo .png 200px introduced 1985 type Generic top level domain status Active registry Public Interest Registry operated by Afilias sponsor Not technically sponsored, but PIR is connected with the Internet Society intendeduse Miscellaneous organizations not fitting in other categories generally noncommercial actualuse Nonprofits personal sites open source projects sometimes used by commercial entities restrictions None structure Registrations at second level permitted document RFC 920 RFC 1591 http www.icann.org tlds agreements org ICANN registry agreement disputepolicy UDRP website http www.pir.org Public Interest Registry dnssec yes The domain name tt org tt is a generic top level domain gTLD of the Domain Name System DNS used in the Internet . The name is truncate truncated from org anization . The tt org tt domain was one of the original top level domains, ref RFC 920, Domain Requirements , J. Postel, J. Reynolds, The Internet Society October 1984 ref with tt .com com tt , tt .edu edu tt , tt .gov gov tt , tt .mil mil tt and tt .net net tt , established in January 1985. It was originally intended for non profit organizations or organizations of a non commercial character that did not meet the requirements for other gTLDs. MITRE The MITRE Corporation was the first group to register an tt org tt domain with code mitre.org code ref http www.mitre.org Mitre.org ref in July 1985. Registrations in the tt org tt are processed via accredited registrars worldwide. Anyone can register an tt org tt second level domain second level domain. Although tt org tt was recommended for non commercial entities, there are no restrictions to registration. ref http www.icann.org en tlds ICANN Top Level Domains gTLDs ,Retrieved 2011 03 31. ref ref http pir.org get faq general q7 Buy .ORG Registrant General Questions , Retrieved 2011 10 25. ref There are some instances of tt org tt being used by c ... more details
Avalanche commonly known as the Avalanche Gang is a criminal syndicate involved in phishing attacks. In 2010, the Anti Phishing Working Group APWG reported that Avalanche had been responsible for two thirds of all phishing attacks in the second half of 2009, describing it as one of the most sophisticated and damaging on the Internet and the world s most prolific phishing gang . ref name aaron1 cite journal last Aaron first Greg Director, Key Account Management and Domain Security at Afilias coauthors Rod Rasmussen President and CTO at Internet Identity title Global Phishing Survey Trends and Domain Name Use 2H2009 journal APWG Industry Advisory year 2010 url http www.antiphishing.org reports APWG GlobalPhishingSurvey 2H2009.pdf accessdate 2010 05 17 ref The name Avalanche also refers to the network of websites and systems which the gang uses to carry out its attacks. Avalanche was discovered in December 2008, and may be a replacement for a successful phishing group known as Rock Phish which stopped operating in 2008. ref name greene1 cite news last Greene first Tim title Worst Phishing Pest May be Revving Up url http www.pcworld.com article 196304 worst phishing pest may be revving up.html accessdate 2010 05 17 newspaper PC World magazine PC World ref It is believed to be run from Eastern Europe and was given its name by security researchers because of the high volume of its attacks. ref name mcmillan1 cite news last McMillan first Robert title Report blames Avalanche group for most phishing url http www.networkworld.com news 2010 051310 report blames avalanche group for.html?hpg1 bn accessdate 2010 05 17 newspaper Network World date 2010 05 12 ref ref name mcmillan2 cite news last McMillan first Robert title Report blames Avalanche group for most phishing url http www.computerworld.com s article 9176661 Report blames Avalanche group for most phishing accessdate 2010 05 17 newspaper Computerworld date 2010 05 12 ref Avalanche launched 24 of phishing attacks in the f ... more details
http hostsearch.com news tucows news 7950.asp HostSearch. Tucows to Sell its Stake in Afilias Launches ... of equity interest in Afilias On November 5, 2008 Tucows announced that it was selling its entire 7.38 percent equity interest in Afilias for 7.4 million. ref name PCOLAfilias This sale is another ... biz.yahoo.com prnews 081105 to331.html?.v 1 Tucows Press Release. Tucows Sells Equity Interest in Afilias for 7.4 million November 5, 2008. ref Afilias is the registry operator of the .info and .aero ... services Afilias Global Registry Services ref Business strategy and discriminators Reputation and values ... more details
Infobox software name PostgreSQL logo Image Postgresql elephant.svg 200px PostgreSQL logo screenshot caption developer PostgreSQL Global Development Group latest release version 9.1.3, br 9.0.7, br 8.4.11, br 8.3.18 latest release date br Start date and age 2012 02 27 operating system Cross platform programming language C programming language C genre Object relational database ORDBMS license PostgreSQL licence ref cite web date 2010 02 18 title PostgreSQL licence approved by OSI url http www.crynwr.com cgi bin ezmlm cgi?17 mmp 969 publisher Crynwr accessdate 2010 02 18 ref ref cite web publisher Open Source Initiative date 2010 02 20 title OSI PostgreSQL licence url http www.opensource.org licenses postgresql accessdate 2010 02 20 ref ref cite web url http www.postgresql.org about licence title License publisher PostgreSQL Global Development Group accessdate 2010 09 20 ref website URL www.postgresql.org PostgreSQL , often simply Postgres , is an Object relational database object relational database management system ORDBMS available for many platforms including Linux , FreeBSD , Solaris operating system Solaris , Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X . ref Cite web url http www.postgresql.org docs current static intro whatis.html title What is PostgreSQL? work PostgreSQL 9.0.0 Documentation publisher PostgreSQL Global Development Group accessdate 2010 09 20 ref It is released under the PostgreSQL License, which is an MIT License MIT style license , and is thus free and open source software . PostgreSQL is developed by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group, consisting of a handful of volunteers employed and supervised by companies such as Red Hat and EnterpriseDB . ref cite web url http www.postgresql.org community contributors title Contributor Profiles publisher PostgreSQL accessdate December 17, 2011 ref It implements the majority of the SQL 2008 standard, ref cite web date 2011 09 12 title SQL Conformance published postgresql.org url http www.postgresql.org docs 9.1 s ... more details
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